These healthy kid-friendly Vegetable Muffins are amazing for the whole family! A delicious and healthy breakfast or addition to a lunch box, these muffins are going make meals in your house a delicious and easier. Plus, I’ve included my recipe for veggie-loaded pizza muffins!

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Vegetable muffins for kids

Veggies. We are all looking for creative and delicious ways to get more of them into our diets. And definitely ways to get more veggies into our kids’ bellies.

Believe it or not, veggie-loaded muffin recipes are a great vessel for vegetables and are a favorite snack, lunch box filling, and/or breakfast of many kiddos! They are often easy to whip up, simple to store, are perfectly portioned out for you and super handy to have for those (inevitable) mornings when a grab-and-go breakfast is needed!

Yep, veggie-loaded muffin recipes are the bee’s knees, in my book. Here are some tried-and-true, kid-approved, veggie-packed muffin recipes for you to keep on hand.

How to store vegetable muffins

I highly suggest storing pretty much all vegetable muffins in an airtight container in your refrigerator. Because they are often so moist from the added veggies (and usually fruit too), storing them in the refrigerator is your best bet for keeping them fresher longer and prevent molding. Just be sure to let them cool completely so you aren’t trapping moisture in the container with the muffins.

Another option is you you can freeze these muffins. I like to store vegetable muffins in a large freezer bag or freezer-safe large container once the muffins have totally cooled.

To defrost, I like to take them out of the freezer and leave them on the counter to thaw overnight. Or if you want one or two NOW, you can warm a muffin in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds.

Oatmeal Green Smoothie Muffins

These Oatmeal Green Smoothie Muffins are so easy to make, perfectly sweet, and made with so many good-for-you ingredients! Great as a healthy breakfast or snack, these muffins are hearty thanks to ground oats, sweetened with banana and a little maple syrup or honey, and packed with 2 cups of spinach! With over a hundred 5-star ratings, these spinach banana muffins are a must-make!
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A stack of the delicious pumpkin protein muffins

Fluffy & Filling Pumpkin Protein Muffins

These Pumpkin Protein Muffins are easy to make, fluffy, delicious and packed with protein from lentils and eggs! The perfect healthy breakfast or snack.
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Veggie-Loaded Pizza Muffins looking extra yummy.

20-Minute Veggie-Loaded Pizza Muffins

These savory Veggie-Loaded Pizza Muffins are easy to make at home in a muffin tin, quick to reheat, and a healthy idea for kids lunch boxes! The pizza muffins are made with white whole wheat flour, and packed with spinach, grated carrots and zucchini for a boost of vegetables in every bite!
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Blueberry Avocado Muffins

These Blueberry Avocado Muffins are easy to make, loaded with good-for-you ingredients, and the perfect healthy breakfast or snack!
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Healthy Morning Glory Breakfast Muffins

Packed with flavor and good-for-you ingredients, these Morning Glory Muffins are a healthy and delicious way to start the day! Veggie-loaded and perfect for a snack or grab-and-go breakfast, these muffins have less sugar than other Morning Glory Muffin recipes, and instead use maple syrup or honey. They’re perfect for making ahead to make a busy day a little easier.
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Veggie-Loaded Chocolate Protein Muffins

These Chocolate Protein Muffins are the perfect healthy breakfast! Packed with veggies AND protein from blended lentils (that you can't taste!), they’re delicious, easy to make, adaptable + super kid-approved!
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Vegan Carrot Muffins (with lentils!)

These Vegan Carrot Cake Muffins are perfect for an easy grab-and-go breakfast or snack! Kid-friendly, added veggies and packed with fiber and protein. And, no, you can’t even taste the lentils!
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Sweet Potato Peanut Butter Muffins

Sweet Potato Peanut Butter Muffins are easy peasy to whip up and a delicious way to get vitamin-rich sweet potato into your family’s bellies. Paired with delicious peanut butter and made with just 8 simple ingredients, these muffins make the perfect addition to any breakfast or are a healthy snack.
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Carrot Apple Vegan Muffins

These Carrot Apple Vegan Muffins are kid-friendly, easy and as yummy as they are healthy! Made from oats, naturally sweetened and veggie-loaded, they are mixed entirely in your blender and are gluten free, dairy-free and egg-free!
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Healthy & Wholesome Banana Zucchini Muffins

You’ll love these easy, one-bowl banana zucchini muffins! They're lightly spiced with cinnamon, made with whole wheat flour, grated zucchini and mashed banana. Ready within 20 minutes, they’re a great healthy breakfast muffin, or a wholesome mid-day snack. Chocolate chips optional.
These healthy lunch box muffins are super easy to make and add so much goodness to any meal or snack! Naturally gluten free, packed with vegetables and naturally sweetened, they can easily be made nut free, dairy-free and egg-free.

Healthy Lunch Box Muffins

These healthy lunch box muffins are super easy to make and add so much goodness to any meal or snack! Naturally gluten free, packed with vegetables and naturally sweetened, they can easily be made nut free, dairy-free and egg-free.
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Zucchini Lemon Muffins

These Healthy Zucchini Lemon Muffins are simply the BEST! Bright in flavor, delicious, easy and made with simple ingredients. You are going to love these healthy muffins.
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Apple Sweet Potato Muffins

These sweet potato muffins are not only delicious and packed with good-for-you ingredients, but they have the sweetness of apple! Naturally gluten free, veggie-loaded and super easy to make.
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Savory Vegetable Muffins on a cooling rack with a white tea cloth, with one muffin is cut open to show the texture of a cooked muffin

Savory 3-Veggie Muffins

These Savory Veggie Muffins are easy to make, full of healthy ingredients and are the perfect way to get more veggies in at any meal! Loaded with 3 different veggies (carrot, broccoli, zucchini), they are great for breakfast, in lunch boxes, or as a snack or a side to dinner!
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Kid-Friendly Vegetable Muffins + Pizza Muffins

Yield: 12 muffins
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 22 minutes
Cuisine: American
Course: Breakfast, muffin, Snack
Author: Taesha Butler
These Veggie-Loaded Pizza Muffins are easy to make, quick to reheat, or perfect for a healthy lunch box. These healthy muffins are loaded with pizza flavor along with spinach, carrots, and zucchini for a boost of vegetables in every bite!
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Ingredients
 

  • ½ cup grated carrots
  • ½ cup grated zucchini
  • 1 cup packed baby spinach, finely chopped
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¼ cup olive or avocado oil
  • 1 cup milk of choice
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ tablespoon Italian seasoning, or dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon fine salt
  • 1 ½ cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1¼ cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
  • 1/3 cup chopped pepperoni, optional + extra for topping if desired

Equipment

  • Muffin tin

Instructions
 

  •  Preheat oven to 350℉ and line a muffin tin with 12 paper liners.
  •  Place grated carrot and zucchini in a clean kitchen towel or paper tower and squeeze out as much moisture as you can.
  • To a large bowl, add carrot, zucchini, chopped spinach, egg, oil, milk, and tomato paste. Whisk to combine. Mix in garlic powder, dried oregano, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add flour and mix in with a large spoon or rubber spatula. Mix in 3/4 cup of shredded mozzarella and most of the pepperoni, leaving some to decorate the top of the muffins.
  • Evenly divide the muffin batter between the muffin tin. Top each muffin with a sprinkle of the remaining ½ cup of cheese and a few pieces of pepperoni, if using.
  • Bake until a toothpick interested into the center of the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes.
  • Allow muffins to cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooking rack to cool completely. Store muffins in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to a month.
Serving: 1muffin, Calories: 162kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 48mg, Sodium: 429mg, Potassium: 128mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 1287IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 129mg, Iron: 1mg